AI darling Nvidia’s market value surges closer to Apple
Nvidia’s (NVDA.O) shares rallied around 6 per cent to hit a record high earlier this week, leaving the AI chipmaker’s stock market value about $100 billion away from overtaking ...
OpenAI sets up safety committee as it starts training new model
OpenAI has formed a Safety and Security Committee which will be led by CEO Sam Altman as it begins training its next artificial intelligence model, the AI startup said this ...
PwC to become OpenAI’s largest enterprise customer
Accounting giant PwC will become the largest customer and first reseller of OpenAI’s enterprise product as part of a new deal, according to a report by the Wall Street ...
T-Mobile to buy US Cellular’s wireless operations in $4.4 billion deal
T-Mobile (TMUS.O) will buy almost all of regional carrier United States Cellular’s (USM.N) wireless operations including customers, stores and 30 per cent of its spectrum assets in a ...
EU in touch with Telegram as it nears criterion for EU tech rules
EU tech regulators are in touch with messaging app Telegram as it nears a key usage criterion that could see it subject to more stringent requirements under a landmark EU ...
Cyprus to host robot sports competition
The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) has unveiled an exciting development for this year’s Robotex festival, where, for the first time in Cyprus, the Minoan Robot Sports Competition Global Olympiad (...
Google and TikTok fintech experts to speak at QuadCode HackAIthon
On June 15th and 16th, QuadCode’s hackathon is set to become a landmark event in Cyprus. Going a step beyond the traditional coding marathon, it will include a mini-conference ...
AI, cybersecurity conference in Cyprus
An international conference on artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity in civil and military aviation will be held next Thursday.
According to the organisers, over 90 people are expected to attend the ...
Elon Musk’s xAI valued at $24 bln after fresh funding
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI raised $6 billion in series B funding, reaching a post-money valuation of $24 billion as investors bet big on challengers to companies like OpenAI in the ...
Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws
Europe’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed a political deal reached in December, setting a potential global benchmark for a ...
Buildings leap to the future with new logbooks
Digital records can help make European homes and offices greener and healthier.
By Anthony King
In the southern Italian town of Ruvo di Puglia, a school that opened in 1924 is ...
Google set to bring ads in search AI Overviews
Google will start testing search and shopping ads in its AI-generated answers in the US, the Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) company said in an announcement, days after it rolled out the ...
Billionaire urges Russian firms to build alternative to SAP software
Billionaire Alexey Mordashov has proposed creating a Russian consortium to invest billions in developing an alternative to the widely-used business software made by Germany’s SAP, which curtailed its operations ...
Europe stock pickers go old-school to ride the next wave in AI
European stock pickers are turning to more established sectors like utilities, professional data providers and even copper miners to tap into the next wave of the AI boom, a year ...
Microsoft promotes new tools for making AI software
Microsoft has talked up new tools aimed at encouraging programmers to build AI-focused technology into Windows software as it races against Alphabet (GOOGL.O), Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Apple (...
Amazon says it has not halted any Nvidia chip orders
Amazon.com’s (AMZN.O) cloud services unit said this week that it has not halted any orders of Nvidia’s (NVDA.O) most advanced chip on the market, but ...
EU data protection board says ChatGPT still not meeting data accuracy standards
OpenAI’s efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the ...
The $5 trillion AI boom could both succeed and fizzle
Artificial intelligence models can produce apparently brilliant responses to human queries which on closer examination reveal bits of possibly regurgitated nonsense. A similar dynamic may be at work in the ...
CEOs focused on emerging technologies and cost management, survey finds
CEOs are currently expressing a renewed sense of optimism regarding future growth investments, despite a number of challenges, with short-term returns being high on their priority list, according to the ...
4+1 tips to do great at a fintech hackathon
Hackathons are like supercharged boot camps where teams race to create the next big thing. How do you turn your idea into a successful product in 48 hours? With Quadcode’s “...
Google acquiring HubSpot would bolster bid to challenge Microsoft
Google parent Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) potential acquisition of HubSpot (HUBS.N), a US marketing software maker with a market value of $31 billion, would boost its ability to compete against ...
US lawmakers advance bill to make it easier to curb exports of AI models
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to advance a bill that would make it easier for the Biden administration to restrict the export of artificial intelligence systems, ...
‘Life beyond Earth’: top Nasa scientist in Cyprus
Cyprus’ chief scientist for the deputy ministry of research Demetris Skourides on Tuesday met Nasa scientist Alexandra Lockwood ahead of her presentation of the latest findings from the James Webb ...
Job growth and productivity spike in AI-exposed sectors
Sectors that are heavily exposed to AI are witnessing a surge in productivity, while AI jobs are also experiencing notable growth, according to a recent report shared by PwC Cyprus ...